First Post

After months of reading other IF blogs and thinking about putting up my own blog, I've finally done it. I felt like I needed to give something back after having been helped so much by others' posts. I've also been terrible at writing in a paper journal I've been trying to keep so I hope the thought that others might be reading my posts helps me keep at it.

I've posted a brief history on the sidebar and a more detailed history on another page. It feels like it's been a long journey already. Although I know that many of you have been at this much longer than I. And I think Mr.Right and I have finally come to an understanding that this is going to take much longer than we ever thought.

Mr.Right is a doctor (general internist) and we're both fairly analytical and believe in science. I think we thought: well, I'm old and probably have fewer eggs and lesser chance of getting pregnant as would be normal, so we'll just do this IVF thing and the meds will work and we'll play the percentages until we get a pregnancy. It never occurred to us, I don't think, that the science (the stimulation medications) MIGHT NOT WORK! And that we might not even be able to get to the point of doing IVF.

I've just come off a BFN from our first cycle where we actually made it to retrieval/transfer and the next month will hold a consultation for a laparascopy, mostly likely a lap, and then a return to an IVF cycle whenever that can happen. I've got a lot of pent up posts in me though - reflecting on the last several cycles so while there may not be a lot of "action" these next few weeks, I plan to be posting regularly.

Thanks for looking in on me. I've been really pleasantly surprised to discover so many IF blogs out there that have been so useful. I do hope my writings will prove useful to someone else too.